The 2003 Altai earthquake, or 2003 Chuya earthquake, occurred on September 27 at with a
moment magnitude
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of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). The epicenter of this
oblique-slip shock was in
Altai Republic
The Altai Republic (; russian: Респу́блика Алта́й, Respublika Altay, ; Altai: , ''Altay Respublika''), also known as Gorno-Altai Republic, and colloquially, and primarily referred to in Russian to distinguish from the neighbour ...
,
Russia
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near the borders of
Mongolia
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,
China
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, and
Kazakhstan
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. Three deaths and five injuries were reported and the total damage was listed as
$10.6–33 million.
Earthquake
This earthquake had components of right-lateral strike-slip and reverse movement in a segmented fault zone which had not been previously recognized.
Damage
Between 99 and 300 houses destroyed, along with 1,942 other buildings affected. It was the strongest earthquake in this region since an estimated magnitude 7.7 earthquake on December 20, 1761.
Ground effects
Landslides affected the Kosh-Agachsky and Ust’-Ulagan Districts.
See also
*List of earthquakes in 2003
This is a list of earthquakes in 2003. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage and/or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC (Coordinated Universal Tim ...
*List of earthquakes in Russia
Earthquakes in Russia have occasionally been damaging and deadly.
Map
Some of the largest Russian earthquakes since the latter half of the 20th century are the 1958/1963 and 2006/2007 earthquakes in the Kuril Islands near Japan, as well as the ...
References
External links
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